Qantas to pay $26.5 mlllion in freight case

posted by AJOT | Jan 23 2011 at 07:00 PM | Air Cargo

Australia's largest airline Qantas has settled a U.S. class action lawsuit over an alleged freight cartel, agreeing to pay $26.5 million.

Qantas is one of 18 airlines involved in a price-fixing probe into the air cargo business by global antitrust regulators, separate from the class action suit. (Reuters)

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